Crusaders pushing social media censorship and banning teens online are admitting that “mental health” is a coverup for suppressing dissent and young people’s progressive politics.

this is one of the mondays of all time

Covid is a class issue.

Pretty much no one is visiting the Tesla diner in L.A. anymore.

The US has transformed from a (sorta) functioning democracy into a poster regime, a rogue troll state, fueled by internet clout. And the abduction of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro is likely just the beginning. www.garbageday.email/p/the-rise-o...

None of us can afford homes, but we can bet on the prices that landlords and the big private equity companies gobbling up all our real estate will be paying for them

“why are you still on twitter” -> whiny, makes you sound like a scold “oh you post on the pedophile app” -> makes them sound like a pedophile

I've been fighting along side many to defend ourselves online, keeping our privacy and having freedom to organize events. We are the adults that need to step up! If you want to be safe online, consider the following. These bills will NOT protect kids online.

Great thread with a ton of great articles. Everyone should be aware of what is going on with internet privacy.

I'mma keep saying it. Democrats have continuously and actively chosen to position themselves in ways that ALSO make them the enemy.

USA: "A 10-month-old infant from Enid, Oklahoma is fighting for her life after falling critically ill with the flu and COVID." "Mariela Hulsey, who was previously healthy, is now in the pediatric intensive care unit... receiving life support following a collapsed lung. In the latest update."

Every video I come across on YouTube these days is so obviously scripted. More and more creators are just fully reading ChatGPT generated scripts to the camera 24/7 and it's total garbage I hate it!

We've lost funding because of our principled opposition to KOSA and other censorship bills. We've lost funding because of our solidarity with Palestine and opposition to tech-enabled genocide. We've lost funding because foundations are scared of Trump. We need you❤️ www.fightforthefuture.org/2026

🚨‼️As of yesterday KOSA is at 64 cosponsors with @vanhollen.senate.gov + @kim.senate.gov - who claim to support LGTBQ+ rights but are clearly okay with supporting legislation that’ll censor us off the internet- newly signed on. You know what to do: www.stopkosa.com

Thread. Please understand why we have to fight these “digital safety” laws.

Congress is about to make a huge push into online ID verification, entrenching the power of big tech and mandating that they collect even MORE data on users. Mass surveillance/censorship laws are being framed as “child safety” but they’re really abt at removing LGBTQ ppl, repro justice info, etc.

It’s hard on this website!!

Excellent discussion of COVID policies as a worker’s rights issue. @taylorlorenz.bsky.social youtu.be/l_eH5k-lH3I?...

this is your mission. our pedophile president needs you to jump out of a helicopter to kidnap a head of state and his wife so some oil ceos can make a lot of money. we’ll be watching from a resort in florida that still serves wedge salad and checking how many retweets we get. good luck soldier

It's rare for a company to sign a contract with the US military AND get caught generating CSAM in the same two-week period. Grok is just built different

Strange as it sounds, there does appear to be a valid point here: People who desire censorship will often start with undesirable groups than work their way towards the mainstream. This has been a time-tested pattern and should be understood clearly.

The worst part is that it’s my understanding every “apology” has even been people prompting it to apologize. It would still be idiotic to pretend like Grok had the self-awareness to apologize but it’s not even creating the apology unprompted.

To see someone unequivocally champion an open and uncensored internet is a VERY bold move, but she doesn't stand down, and I can give points for that, even if the examples in her latest video are absolutely bad websites, she explains her point very clearly

I talked to the lawyer leading the legal crusade by 4Chan, Kiwi Farms, Gab and others against UK's mass censorship laws. Here's why you should support their fight:

Why you should support Kiwi Farms and 4Chan in their fight against the UK's mass censorship laws

New: We got an internal ICE document revealing its $100 million ad plan to bring in 14,000 new hires: deals with "tactical" influencers; ads to gun & military buffs; and geo-targeting phones around NASCAR races and gun shows. A "wartime recruitment" mode with paramilitary branding: wapo.st/44QrP5j

highly recommended video

The same politicians pushing age verification laws and social media bans are the ones who don't like what young people are saying online. They can't win the argument, so they want to control the platform. @taylorlorenz.bsky.social @kenklippenstein.bsky.social

There are so many classrooms on Donors Choose that still have ZERO donations. If you want to get some charitable giving done before the end of 2025, this is the perfect way to do it!! Let’s help some kids!!!! I curated a list of classrooms in need here 👇 www.donorschoose.org/taylorlorenz

There are so many classrooms on Donors Choose that still have ZERO donations. If you want to get some charitable giving done before the end of 2025, this is the perfect way to do it!! Let’s help some kids!!!! I curated a list of classrooms in need here 👇 www.donorschoose.org/taylorlorenz

In 2020, @paulkrugman.substack.com.web.brid.gy published a book about defeated Conservative ideas being brought back from the dead over and over. Today, @taylorlorenz.bsky.social talks to @ryanbroderick.bsky.social about alt-right memes recycling 200 year old dead conspiracies. youtu.be/P_GhvxpIUhA

@taylorlorenz.bsky.social talks to an actual expert with research papers, #IanAnderson about the difference between "clinically diagnosable social media addiction" and "hard to break habits", along with why the media keeps pushing the "this is an addiction" narrative. youtu.be/K-0z0j0QvPI

Was really exciting for me to sit down with @taylorlorenz.bsky.social and discuss my research on her Podcast, Power User! I’ve followed her social media coverage for a long time. Highly recommend watching the full YouTube version below (has visuals from the relevant paper): youtu.be/K-0z0j0QvPI?...

Is this a @taylorlorenz.bsky.social video or @skepchick.org also thinks bad politicians who pretend to care about children don't actually protect children? youtu.be/mJi6N_6RmtU

Weird how The Free Press was able to publish all of these without comment from the Washigton University Transgender Center at St. Louis Children's Hospital.

#SaveSpeech KOSA has amassed more cosponsors recently, jumping from 42 to 60 total You need to call your reps and DEMAND that they oppose this legislation ASAP The link below contains more info about KOSA and an easy way to contact your reps 5calls.org/issue/kids-o... Please call DAILY

We sat down with @taylorlorenz.bsky.social to dissect these 'Bad Internet Bills' and what you need to know to stop them: www.privacyguides.org/videos/2025/...

Excellent interview by @taylorlorenz.bsky.social ! I have always grown up enamored by the ideals of the open internet and joked about China's Great Firewall. Hearing from journalist who covered Hong Kong compare both ours and China's internet is eye opening. youtu.be/PKknibejJR0?...

If you don't trust Congress to write a good budget that protects the people, you shouldn't trust them to write bills that "protect the children". A dissection of the current crop via @taylorlorenz.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0hE...

Excellent cover of "kirkification" by @taylorlorenz.bsky.social I've been very amused by the mainstream media falling all over themselves to worship Kirk. But then when I hit up tick tock it's a Non-Stop clown parade. The actual culture never gave a FUCK about kirk youtube.com/watch?v=P_Gh...

Hoxe gustoume moitísimo este video na canle de Taylor Lorenz @taylorlorenz.bsky.social (se vos interesa a política internacional no ámbito de internet, privacidade e liberdade de expresión recoméndovos seguila). youtu.be/8NB0IW8ihS0

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I wrote about the unprecedented mass censorship and surveillance laws that Congress is trying to ram through in the name of “protecting kids” and how none of this is about protecting kids. In fact, these laws cause great harm to all of us, for @zeteo.com

“Despite the chaos & abject harm the law in Australia has wrought, US lawmakers are eagerly seeking to replicate it.” @taylorlorenz.bsky.social explains why a children’s social media ban will make the internet less safe & how such laws don’t hold Big Tech accountable. 🔗: zeteo.com/p/social-med...

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I wrote about the unprecedented mass censorship and surveillance laws that Congress is trying to ram through in the name of “protecting kids” and how none of this is about protecting kids. In fact, these laws cause great harm to all of us, for @zeteo.com

“This legislation is not about protecting kids,” she told me. “These lawmakers have stood by while kids are kidnapped, bombed, and go without food and healthcare. If they want to protect kids, there are any number of policies they could be pushing,” but they’re not

“None of these laws actually crack down on Big Tech. Instead, age verification schemes consolidate power among the largest and most powerful tech conglomerates and allow the companies to harvest and profit from even more highly sensitive data from users.“

Fuck Bluesky for complying with this ID verification shit

Congress is trying to force through mass surveillance/censorship laws THIS WEEK BOOST THIS EVERYWHERE before it’s too late. 👇 www.badinternetbills.com Call and tell your rep: —NO to KOSA —NO to Section 230 reform —NO online digital ID laws —NO age verification laws